Fruit and vegetable grater



( No Model J W, H. VAN RIPER.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GRATER. No. 301,939. Patented July 15, 1884WITNESSES: 'INVENTOR I BY ATTORNEY UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. VAN BIPER,-OF DAYTON, OHIO.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE G'RATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,939, dated July 15,188%.

' Application filed March 20, 1884. (No model.)

, of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a grater for fruits andvegetables; and it consists of a rotary grater with cutting-edges formedby punching a hole in a metallic plate and cutting a slot radiallytherefrom, the manner of supporting the same in the vessel, and thefeeding device.

The mechanism is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure Iis a top view of the rotary grater. Fig. II is an under view ofthe feed-plate. Fig. III is a section of the grater on the line 00 m.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a vessel, made of tin, and is without a bottom, but has anarrow rim, m, which projects interiorly a little above the loweredge.Immediately above this rim'is soldered to the sides of the vessel thefeedplate D. This plate has vertical wings for attachment' to ,thevessel, a central orifice for the lower bearing of the shaft F, and isshaped between the center and extremes something like a bisected cone,with ribs or'faces on the under concave surfaces.

The grater E is made of a circular metallic plate punched with holes, asis usual in making graters, and these holes are slotted radially, whichpresents a lengthened cutting-surface much' superior to the ordinarycuttingedge of the raised round hole. 4

The arm B is soldered to the sides of the vessel over the feed, and hasa bearing cen-' turned. It is held by the head of the crank slightlybeneath the rim of the vessel. -The material to be grated is placedwithin the vessel, the crank is turned to the right, the same gathersbeneath the feed-plate, where it is held against the faces while theunder surface is being cut away. The handle G is used as a matter ofconvenience in small-sized graters.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is Ina rotary grater, a feed-plate of two symmetrical partshaving under serrated .surfaces inclining downwardly and backwardly inposition opposite of the cutting-edges of the grater, and is'attached tothe sides of the inclosing-vessel, the said grater being supported in anarm attached interiorly to the vessel at the top, and inan orifice ofsaid feed-plate at the bottom, said parts combined substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAMII. VAN RIPER. Witnesses:

B. PIQKERING,

O. A. VVALTMIRE.

screwed the crank G, by which the grater is

